Alexander Owen (1897-1917)
Stockton man served with 1st/5th DLI commemorated on Arras Memorial
Alexander was born in Stockton on Tees in 1897. He was the fifth child of William Henry (a steelworker) and Elizabeth Owen. In 1901 they were living at 3 Nicholson Street, Stockton but by 1911 had moved to 32 Teesdale Terrace, Thornaby where Alexander was a grocer’s errand boy.
He was killed in action 23 April 1917.
Civil Parish: Stockton on Tees
Birth date: 1897
Death date: 23-Apr-1917
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 3 Nicholson Street, Stockton (1901 census)
32 Teesdale Terrace, Thornaby (1911 census)
Employment: Grocer’s errand boy (1911 census)
Family: Father: William Henry Owen (b. 1870)
Mother: Elizabeth Owen (b. 1870)
Brothers: James (b. 1890), Harry (b. 1895)
Sisters: Jennie (b. 1902), Mary (b. 1904), Lilian (b. 1906), May (b. 1909)
There were 4 other children who died in infancy (1911 census)
Military service:
1st/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Service number 200084
Memorial(s): Arras Memorial
Book of Remembrance, St Thomas, Stockton on Tees
Thornaby on Tees War Cenotaph
Gender: Male
Contributed by Harold P, Durham
